Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Rocky Mountain High

I have dreamed of becoming a forest ranger. That is, I did as a child. My family took camping trips out west to mountain country. I would watch the scenery pass me by from the front window of our truck camper. Being here brings back a flood of memories. Here it is over 30 years later. Today I sit in the front seat of a convertible next to my darling. We spent the day in Rocky Mountain National Park. It's an unbelievable sight! Words can't describe the awesomeness of this park.The road that loops around the park goes up over 12000 feet.The drive to the top tested my nerves. There came a point that I couldn't look over the edge of the road. There is no guard rail. I will admit that I was terrified!We were lucky to see Elk graze on the rocky tundra at the highest elevation.At the highest point it was cold and rainy. Then the sun shone down like a gift from God! What an experience!

Hello! Your photos of the mountains are beautiful! And I was glad to see that you're part of the Aglow group. We used to have one in town. I used to live in Fort Collins, Colo., as a child. I'm directionally challenged and I'd like to think that it's because I don't have the mountains right to the west of me! I live in Nebraska - have for lots of years. BTW, I'm Tammy Real-McKeighan. I'm the news editor at the Fremont Tribune (NE) newspaper. I'm a Christian. I write a faith-based column called Spiritual Spinach for our paper's Faith page. I've recently self-published a book called "Real Spiritual Spinach - Faith for the Journey." I know it's shameless self-promotion, but I'm trying to get the word out. Please check out my Web site at www.realspiritualspinach.com and new blog at www.realspiritualspinach.blogspot.com I've been praying that I'd find other Christians bloggers. So far I've found lots of cooks and scrapbookers and knitters. I'm afraid that I don't any of that. My husband is the cook! God is answering my prayer and I'm starting to find some tonight! Bless you!